Cosmic Perspective, The: Pearson New International Edition
7e édition
Spécifications
- Éditeur
- Pearson Education
- Édition
- 7
- Auteur
- Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nick Schneider, Mark Voit,
- Langue
- anglais
- BISAC Subject Heading
- NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
- BIC subject category (UK)
- WZ Miscellaneous items
- Code publique Onix
- 05 Enseignement supérieur
- Date de première publication du titre
- 01 novembre 2013
- Subject Scheme Identifier Code
- Classification thématique Thema: Eléments divers
VitalSource eBook
- Date de publication
- 01 novembre 2013
- ISBN-13
- 9781292036472
- Ampleur
- Nombre de pages de contenu principal : 796
- Code interne
- 1292036478
- Protection technique e-livre
- DRM
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Sommaire
I. DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE
1. Our Place in the Universe
2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself
3. The Science of Astronomy
S1. Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation
II. KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY
4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
5. Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos
6. Telescopes: Portals of Discovery
III. LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS
7. Our Planetary System
8. Formation of the Solar System
9. Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
10. Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
11. Jovian Planet Systems
12. Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts
13. Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds
IV. A DEEPER LOOK AT NATURE
S2. Space and Time
S3. Spacetime and Gravity
S4. Building Blocks of the Universe
V. STARS
14. Our Star
15. Surveying the Stars
16. Star Birth
17. Star Stuff
18. The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
VI. GALAXIES AND BEYOND
19. Our Galaxy
20. Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
21. Galaxy Evolution
22. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe
23. The Beginning of Time